Hsiu-Lan Cheng, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Counseling Psychology at the University of San Francisco. Her primary research interests include Asian American psychology, particularly in the areas of body image, disordered eating, racism and mental health; the multicultural contextualization of psychological concerns and help-seeking; attachment theory; and culturally-informed positive psychology. She has published prolifically in leading academic journals, including the Journal of Counseling Psychology, The Counseling Psychologist, and The American Psychologist. Her research has received both institutional and external recognition. She was awarded the Psychotherapy with Women Award from the Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35) of the American Psychological Association for her research on body image and disordered eating issues among Asian American women. She also received the Best in Science Award from the Society of Counseling Psychology (Division 17) of the American Psychological Association. Before Dr. Cheng’s academic career, she worked as a practicing psychologist at the counseling center of the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where she specialized in working with clients on concerns related to body image and disordered eating, many of whom were from Asian or Asian American backgrounds. Her career profile illustrates her passions and strengths in both research and practice. She has served as a consulting editor on the editorial boards of several academic journals of the American Psychological Association and has served on the governing boards of several divisions and divisional sections of the American Psychological Association. She is an elected fellow of the American Psychological Association, Division 17. Dr. Cheng is the Project Evaluator of a 1.5 million Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISI) grant award from the US Department of Education to support AAPI students’ social, emotional, academic, and career development.
Télécharger le livre :  Body Image and the Asian Experience

Individuals of Asian descent are a demographic often overlooked in mainstream body image scholarship. Historically, body image concerns were thought to only affect white, upper-to-middle-class women in North America and Western Europe. However, empirical data...
Editeur : Academic Press
Parution : 2024-11-13

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